Mikhail BASOV
Михаил БАСОВ
Mikhaïl BASSOV
Russia, 2025, 93mn 
documentary
The Spot of time
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Место времени

 

 La Place du temps

 Mesto vremeni

 
Directed by : Mikhail BASOV (Михаил БАСОВ)
Cinematography : Mikhail BASOV (Михаил БАСОВ)
Music : Mikhail BASOV (Михаил БАСОВ)
Editing : Mikhail BASOV (Михаил БАСОВ)
Release date in Russia : 13/09/2025
 
Site : Kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
ABOUT "The Spot of Time" is a cinepoem that intertwines elements of metafilm, found footage, documentary and fiction. The title references William Wordsworth’s poem The Prelude, in which "spots of time" are described as events of profound significance for personal growth. These "moments of illumination," recalled in a state of tranquility and as if relived, become renewing sources of creative energy, imagination, and inner strength.For the authors such a moment was the discovery of old film and photo reels near a fishing village on the shores of the Azov Gulf. Over the course of 20 years, they have returned to this place again and again, gradually uncovering its mysterious properties. Their find becomes the heart of a strange world—one that spans just a few kilometers of shoreline and an hour and a half of screen time.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2025
- DOKer. Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2025